Adjustable coat hanger



y 3, 1969 w. L. HANNUM 3,443,729

ADJUSTABLE COAT HANGER Filed March 17, 1967 I INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,443,729 ADJUSTABLE COAT HANGER William L. Hannum, 40 Niantic Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94132 Filed Mar. 17, 1967, Ser. No. 624,096 Int. Cl. A413 51/10 US. Cl. 223-94 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE can be hung upon the rod in an equalized and effective manner.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art as the description thereof proceeds.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is the side view showing the hanger in its collapsed condition,

FIGURE 2 is a similar view of the hanger in its extended condition,

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of the hanger as shown in FIGURE 1 taken along line 33 looking in direction of arrows, and

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the shoulder engaging portions of the hanger as of tubular cross section.

As shown in FIGURES 1 and 2 of the drawings, my improved hanger consists of two oppositely extending garment shoulder engaging members or wings designated respectively by the numerals and 11 in which the latter element is telescoped within the former member in such a manner that the overall length of the hanger can be varied to accommodate garments of different widths. The outer shoulders engaging member 10 has a link supporting means 12 and the inner member 11 has a similar link engaging means 13. As shown, the link engaging member 12 as located close to the inner end of the member 10, while the link supporting member 13 is mounted substantially midway the length of the inner member 11. Extending upwardly from the link supporting means 12 and 13 there are two links 14 and 15 which are connected at a common point 16 to the eye of a book 17 by which the hanger may be hung upon a supporting rod. The hanger as shown in FIGURE 1 is in its substantially collapsed condition, and in FIGURE 2 the hanger is shown in its extended condition.

3,443,729 Patented May 13, 1969 "ice As shown in FIGURE 3 of the drawing, the inner and outer members 10 and 11, as shown above, may be of inverted channel-like cross section in much the same manner as is found in extendible curtain rods and the like. As here shown in substantially full size, the outer member 10 is provided with two spaced upstanding ears 1818 between which the link 14 is connected by a rivet or other means 19, and as here indicated these links 14 and 15 are connected at a common point 16 to the hook 17 by means of a rivet 20.

As a modification, it is also conceivable that the inner and outer members of the hanger may be in the form of an outer tubular element 21 into which there is telescoped a similar tubular member 22. In this instance, the link supporting members 12 and 13 of the garment engaging members 21 and 22 will be in the form of an encircling band 23 which terminates at its ends as spaced ears between which the link 14 is connected by a rivet 24.

While I have, for the sake of clearness and in order to disclose my invention so that the same can be readily understood, described and illustrated a specific form and arrangement, I desire to have it understood that obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an extendible garment hanger, the combination of two oppositely extending elongated horizontal garment shoulder engaging members arranged in inner and outer telescoping relation, the outer one of said shoulder engaging members having a link engaging means adjacent to its telescoping end and the other of said shoulder engaging members having a similar link engaging means at a point midway its length, a hook for engagement with a horizontal hanger supporting rod, and a pair of elongated links pivotally connected at their upper ends to said hook and at their lower ends to the link engaging means of said shoulder engaging members, whereby said hook will operate to support the shoulder engaging members of the hanger in different positions to provide for housecoats, jackets, and the like when telescoped and as a support for overcoats, raincoats, and the like when extended.

2. The invention as set forth in claim 1, wherein the shoulder engaging members are of inverted channel-like cross-section.

3. The invention as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shoulder engaging members are of tubular cross-section.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 839,843 1/1907 Herbener 223- 900,625 10/1908 Wallis 22396 1,922,858 8/1933 Page 223 2,256,686 9/1941 Penning 223-95 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner. G. H. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner. 

